Keith
Flaherty

7/22/15 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-handed hitter. Hit from square wide stance, incorporating a long knee-to-knee stride. Flashed some batspeed, while an armbar creates some length in his swing. Ran a 7.12 60-yard dash and 4.65 in-game home-to-1B time. Showcased 88-mph exit velocity and 83-mph arm strength during workout. Exhibited solid feet with a low arm slot, albeit one that did not seem to inhibit his accuracy.

Pitched out a slot that varied between sidearm and just below sidearm. Fastball sat 77-79, while he ran the pitch up to 82-mph out of a higher slot on occasion. Also incorporated a solid 11/5 curveball at 72-mph out of the higher slot. As he gains more mound time (which has been very limited to his point), the next step will be developing a slider or change-up to throw out of the lower slot, which would give him two pitches from down low and two from up high.

2/14/15 Flaherty hits from a square, wide stance and incorporates a big leg kick, which didn't always have his foot down on time. He loads his hands deep and has some length in his swing, but showed an ability to stay through contact to the opposite field. Defensively, Flaherty exhibited solid feet and hands with whippy arm from a low slot that allowed him to complete the slow roller play with relative ease. [Note: Flaherty is in the process of learning to translate his low-3/4 slot to the mound. Based on a bullpen session he threw a few weeks ago, he is making solid progress on that front.]